Research focuses are environmental analysis and water quality in the USVI, synthesis and characterization of new and novel ligands for complexation and sequestration of lanthanide and actinide ions, determination of ligand binding constants using klaui type ligands, and use of a database of infrared spectra to characterize speciation in radioactive waste.  Research topics are environmental, inorganic chemistry, organometallic, physical chemistry, nuclear, chemical synthesis, chemistry analysis, actinides, analytical chemistry, environmental chemistry, lanthanides, and selective binding of ions.